最伟大的艺术因思想而喧闹。
The greatest art is noisy with ideas.
Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.
创作过程从来都不一样。
Writing is an act of resistance against forgetting.
The man who believes that the secrets of the world are forever hidden lives in mystery and fear. Superstition will drag him down. The rain will erode the deeds of his life. But that man who sets himself the task of singling out the thread of order from the tapestry will by the decision alone have taken charge of the world and it is only by such taking charge that he will effect a way to dictate the terms of his own fate.
无政府状态是战争的允许性原因;它创造了一个国家必须依靠自助来确保生存的环境。
称王天下的国家,民众富有;称霸天下的国家,谋士富有;勉强存在的国家,大臣富有;丧失王道的国家,仓库富有。点评:贞观二年,唐太宗让有关部门去清点隋朝国库留下的物资。等数字报上来后,太宗大为惊讶。原来,「隋文(帝)不怜百姓而惜仓库,比至末年,计天下储积,得供五六十年……」